Creative Exploration
The creative media resources on this site are continually growing and expanding, just like the tools, technologies, and best practices used by industry professionals, so please feel free to mark this page as your base camp.
Intro to Web Hosting
CSS Basics: Selectors and Syntax
The Web Design and Development Process
How to Begin Planning
Intro to SASS via PrePros
Inspiration
Intro to Design Patterns
Intro to Front-end Build Tools
JS Basics: Functions and Syntax
The Box Model
Web Design Terminology: A Primer
Design Systems
Quality Assurance Checklist
What Project Should I Choose?
Intro to Node.js and npm
Typography for the Web
Web Layout Techniques & Strategies
Intro to Web Animation Techniques
Git-based Workflows using Github
Intro to CMS via WordPress
HTML Basics: Elements and Syntax
Iterative Design
Intro to Frontend Web Development
Draft a Conceptual Plan
Code a Simple HTML Web Page
Project Brief
Set Summer Goals
Create a Course Web Site
Code a Simple Web Page with CSS
Create a Simple Image Grid Portfolio Site
Positioning and Layout Tests
Design Your Resume
Markup Text with HTML
Create a Featured Projects Portfolio Site
Typography Specimen Tests
U.S. Web Design Standards
Interaction Design Foundation
Usability.gov
StatCounter Global Stats
Nielsen Norman Group
Butterick’s Practical Typography
Animation at Work
Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed
Javascript & JQuery
The Design of Everyday Things
Swiss Graphic Design
Graphic Design: A Concise History
The Elements of Typographic Style
Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug
HTML & CSS
Designing with Web Standards
Big list of web design related people:
- Donald Norman – https://jnd.org/
- Jakob Nielson – https://www.nngroup.com/people/jakob-nielsen/
- Jeffrey Zeldman – http://www.zeldman.com/
- Jeremy Keith – https://adactio.com/
- Eric Meyer – https://meyerweb.com/
- Ethan Marcotte – https://ethanmarcotte.com/
- Chris Coyier – https://chriscoyier.net/
- Dave Rupert – https://daverupert.com/
- Jen Simmons – https://jensimmons.com/
- Rachel Andrew – https://rachelandrew.co.uk/
- Andy Clarke – https://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/
- Val Head – https://valhead.com/
- Sarah Drasner – https://sarahdrasnerdesign.com/
- Brad Frost – https://bradfrost.com/
- Michael Beirut – https://www.pentagram.com/about/michael-bierut
- Jason Pamental – https://ethanmarcotte.com/
- Jason Santa Maria – https://jasonsantamaria.com/
- Zach Leatherman – https://www.zachleat.com/
- Elliot Jay Stocks – https://elliotjaystocks.com/
- Scott Jehl – https://scottjehl.com/
- Remy Sharp – https://remysharp.com/
- Richard Rutter – http://clagnut.com/
- Nicolas Gallagher – http://nicolasgallagher.com/
- Una Kravetts – https://una.im/
- Chen Hui Jing – https://chenhuijing.com/
- Chris Ferdinandi – https://gomakethings.com/, https://vanillajsguides.com/, https://vanillajsacademy.com/, https://vanillajstoolkit.com, https://vanillajspodcast.com/
List of Online Learning Sites
- Jen Simmon’s HTML Essential Training course on LinkedIn Learning (FREE)
- Wes Bos’s Courses
- JavaScript 30 (FREE)
- What the Flexbox? (FREE)
- CSS Grid (FREE)
- Ethan Marcotte’ Designing Accessible and Responsive Websites course via The Gymnasium (FREE)
- Frontend Masters Courses
List of Online Surveys (for usage stats)
- Design Tools Surveys – 2022
- State of CSS
- State of JS
- Browser Stats – GS Stat Counter
- CSS Tricks
- Can I Use
- CSS Dev Conf
- WordPress.org
- WordPress.com
- Display Posts Shortcode
- Insert Pages
- SiteOrigin Page Builder
- Responsive Screenshots
- Am I Responsive
- Golden Ratio Typography Calculator
- PSD Covers
- 12 Principles of Animation
- Fonts In Use
- Cody House
- Little Snippets
- Animated Flexbox
- Codrops
- Font Pairing Suggestions
- Daily UI Design Challenge
- Mockup Templates
- Premium Pixels
- Graphic Pear
- Adobe Color
- Site Inspire
- MarkSheet
- Jeffrey Zeldman 20 years of Web Design
- The Grid System
- Coursera
- Student Work
Videos & YouTube Channels
- Youtube Channels
- Layout Land by Jen Simmons (coded layout lessons)
- Keyframers (coded web animation)
- Chris Coyier (CSS-Tricks screencasts)
- A List Apart (conference talk videos)
- JamStack Conf (conference talk videos)
- The Futur (design lessons)
- Level Up Tutorials by Scott Telinski (Javascript lessons)
- Wes Bos (Javascript lessons)
Golden Ratio Typography Calculator
The Elements of Typographic Style
Typography Specimen Tests
Graphic Design: A Concise History
Art of the Menu
Swiss Graphic Design
Typography for the Web
I Love Typography
Typewolf
CSS Basics: Selectors and Syntax
Figma
Netlify
Smashing Magazine
Github
JS Basics: Functions and Syntax
Quality Assurance Checklist
Create a Course Web Site
HTML Basics: Elements and Syntax
CSS Podcast
Intro to Web Hosting
Javascript & JQuery
Create a Featured Projects Portfolio Site
Code a Simple Web Page with CSS
Smashing Magazine Email Newsletter
Typography Specimen Tests
Intro to Web Animation Techniques
Sass
HTML & CSS
The Web Design and Development Process
The Box Model
Shop Talk
Code a Simple HTML Web Page
Designing with Web Standards
Positioning and Layout Tests
Create a Simple Image Grid Portfolio Site
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